@peterbrown @ChrisMayLA6
Don't even get me started on councils: "you'll have to take it to the tip". How? Our local tip doesn't allow either pedestrians or taxis.
We're a no-car family and that both constrains where we can live and has a huge time-cost, because there's no "just nipping" anywhere. Day time services are acceptable if you want to go where they go, but evening services range between limited and non-existent. That rules out a huge range of employment opportunities.